Hood rest for automobiles



Nov. 8, 1938. 5, D o ow 2,135,613

HOOD BEST FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Sept. 30', 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NOY. 8, 5 DE ORLOW noon BEST FOR AUTOBZOBILES Filed Sept. 30, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOOD BEST FOR AUTOMOBILES Stephen De Orlow, Detroit, Mich.

Application September 30, 1936; Serial No. 103,263

' 11 Claims. (01. 217-60) This. invention relates to hood rests for hoods of an automotive vehicle showing the hood rest of automotive vehicles. applied.

In raising the hood of an automotive'vehicle Figure 2 is an enlarged detailed view of the to enable inspection to be made of the engine, hood rest showing the operative position in full some diificulty has been experienced i providlines and the inoperative position in dotted line. 5

ing a proper rest for the hood while in raised Figure 3 is a section through the hood rest position. This has become increasingly annoytaken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

ing owing to the extreme curvature being given Figure 4 is a sectional view through the hood to the front end of the vehicle. In order to of an automotive vehicle showing the applical0= avoid scratching the adjacent parts of the vehition of the second species.

ole the lowermost corners of the hood have been Figure. 5 is an enlarged detailed view of the provided with a rubber facing and with the hood second species of the invention showing the opin raised position this rubber facing rests on the erative position in full line and the inoperative adjacent part of 'the vehicle. This has been position in dotted line.

5 found to be none too satisfactory for the reason Figure 6 is a view of the hood rest looking from 1 5::

that the rubber deteriorates and leaves the exthe left of Figure 5. posed metal which will scratch or mar the ve- Figure 7 is a section on the line 'l-I of Fighicle. It is the object of the present invention ure 5. to make a hood rest which will obviate the diffi- Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 inculties experienced by the devices of the prior dicates an automotive vehicle as a whole. The 20 art. vehicle has the usual body 4, top 6, windshield On the drawings two species are shown in one 8, front door l0 provided with a window I2, runof which a lever is pivoted to a bracket secured ning board l4, front fender l6, radiator shell l8, to the dashboard and has a spring constantly grille 20, engine 2|, and hood 22, all of which urging t lever to raised position W in parts are conventional and per se form no part 25' raised position a shelf or extension on the of the invention. The hood is hinged as at 24 bracket furnishes a place upon which to rest the and comprises the upper hinged part 26 and the edge of the hood to hold the hood in raised polateral hinged part 28. One side of the hood is sition. In order that the rest may be made autoshown in raised position in Figure 1 and is 0 matically operative the lever is provided with a shown as being retained in raised position by 30'. Slidable Column having a pin at its lower end the novel hood rest 30 of the invention. As is which operates in the slot in the bracket. The best shown in Figure 1, the novel hood rest of ot as a notch t e end 150 reeive the pin end the invention is secured'to the dash or the cowl and cause the bracket to be held in its uppermost pan 32,

- position to prevent the hood from falling acci- The hood rest in question includes the bracket 35 dentally. When the hood is released from the 34 secured to the cowl pan 32 by mean of the f to be placed in the w r posi i n the inable rivets 36. The bracket has the lateral ears side of the top of the hood will strike the column 38 bent away from the base of the bracket and and push it downwardly to release the pin from each ear is provided with an opening in which 40 the catch and allow the hood to lower the lever to mount the shaft 4|] on which the lever or arm 40. arm against the tension of the spring. 42 is pivoted. The lever 42 is cylindrical and In the second species the lever arm in its uphas its lower end forked as at 44, each tine of permost position is swung over center to prevent the fork having an opening through which the its falling. It has an arm extending inwardly shaft 40' passes. At its upper end the arm 42 5 of the hood and a considerable distance away is embraced by a collar 46. The collar is inte- 45.

from the perpendicular passing through the pivgral with an extension 48 which forms the tuotal point of the lever. When the hood is lowbular shelf or arm 503 which projects away from ered it will strike the end of the lever arm to the lever 42 at substantially right angles and cause the lever to be swung over its pivot and the has its outer extremity 52 upwardly bent as is weight of the hood will swing the lever downbest shown in Figure 3. The extension 48 or 50 wardly against the tension of the spring urging shelf 50 is formed of the two halves 54a and 54b it in the upward position. The lever is provided which are bent around the lever end into matwith ashelf as in the first species. ing relation and are secured together by means .On the drawings of a rivet 54 which passes through both halves 55 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front part. 54a and 5417; Over theshelf 50 there is slipped 551' a section of hose 54 to form an antisquleak or antinoise material for the edge 56 of the hood section 28 when it is in raised position. The sides of the arms 54a and 54b where the rivet 54 passes through are countersunk to bring the rivet heads flush with the outer surface.

.In the lever or arm 42 there is telescopically and slidably mounted the column 58 having its upper end forked at 60 to receive an axle 62 on which a roller 64 is mounted. The roller 64 is preferably made of felt or other suitable antisqueak material. 58 there is mounted the pin or peg 66 which proje'cts beyond the sides of the ears 38 and is held in place by means of the C washer 68. The pin 66 rides in the arcuate slot 10 provided with a notch 12 at its upper end. When the lever 42" is swung on its pivot 40 the pin 66 will ride in the slot 70 and when it reaches the uppermost end of the slot it will be forced into the notch 12 by means of the spring 16. The spring 16 is coiled intermediate its ends and is received around the axle 40. The free ends of the spring 16 bear against the base of the bracket 14 while the rounded or looped end bears against an arm 18 secured to the lower end of the column 58.

The operation of the device is as follows: the parts are originally in the dotted line position shown in Figure 2. When the operator raises the hood 22 the spring '16 will swing the lever arm 42 from the position shown by the dotted lines of Figure 2 to the position shown in full lines. This will expose the shelf 58 on which the edge 56 of the hood may now be placed. The position of the pin 66 in the notch 12 will prevent the lever from falling. The hood may be retained in the raised position for any desired length of time and when the operator has finished inspecting the engine the handle of the hood is seized and the hood raised off the shelf 50. When the upper section 26 of the hood strikes the roller'64 the weight of the hood will cause the column 58 to be moved downwardly against the tension of the spring 16 to cause the pin 66 to move from the notch 12 and with the column 58 now disengaged from the notch the weight of the hood will swing the lever from the full line position in Figure 2 to the dotted line position. The spring will constantly urge the arm upwardly and keep the roller 64 against the inside of the hood to prevent rattle. It should be noted that the lever 42 in itsv raised position is not vertical but inclined as shown in Figure 2.

In the species of Figures 4 to '7 the conventional parts of the vehicle have been given the same numbers. The hood rest 30 of theinvention is also equipped with a bracket 34, likewise secured to the dashboard or cowl pan 32. The bracket has the ears 38'-which are perforated to receive the axle 40' having the spring 16' coiled thereabout. The ends 82 of the spring engage the sides of the ears 38' of'the bracket while the other loop end 84 engages againstthe lever arm 42". The lever arm 42' has its lower end 88 received in the ears 38 and is provided In the full line position in Figure 5 it will be noted that the shelf 50' is over center'with reference to the perpendiculars passing through the At the lower end of thecollar shaft 40' and the shelf 50'. With the edge 56 of the hood 22 resting on the shelf as in Figure 5, the weight of the hood will keep the hood rest' in the position shown. When the operator seizes the handle 80 to take the hood from the shelf and lower the hood to close the engine compartment the upper p'art 25 of the hood will strike the rounded end 92, the weight of the hood then swinging the lever 42' over center and causing it to move to the lowermost position shown in the dotted outline in Figure 5. The hood will move the lever against the strength of the spring 16 and in its lowermost position the enlarged head 94 of the shelf 50 will strike against the underside of the hood section 26 to prevent rattle of the parts. The head 94 also prevents shelf comprises the peg 96 secured in the lever 42, a sleeve 98 slipped over the peg 96 and retained in place by the head I00 and the rubber or other antisqueak I02 (with its head 94) placed over the sleeve 98. g

The operation of the species of sheet 2 is as the hood edge from slippingoff the shelf. The

follows: the'parts are originally in thedotted line position shown in Figure 5.. When the operator moves the handle .80 to release the hood latch and raise the hood, the spring l6 will swing the arm from the dotted line position to the full line position in Figure 5.; The operator may now set the hood edge 56 on the shelf 50 and the hood will be retained in raised position shown in Figure 4. When it is desired to close the hood the operator raises the hood to take the edge 56 from the shelf 94 and as the hood is lowered the "upper part 58 will strike the rounded end 82 to throw the lever arm toward downward or inoperative position and graduallymove it to the dotted line position in Figure 5 against the tension of the spring 16. By now moving the hood handle 80 to cause the hood catch to engage, the hood will hold'the hood latch in the operative position and against rattle.

I claim: 1. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever pivoted to the bracket,

a spring mounted between the bracket and lover and constantly urging the lever. to raised position, a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and a rolleron the lever, said roller adapted to contact with the hood when the hood is in lowered position to prevent rattle of the parts. g

2. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever pivoted to the bracket, a spring mounted between the bracket and lever and constantly urging the lever to raised posi-, tion, a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and a sound deadening covering material over the shelf. 1

3. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever, a shaft mounted in the bracket and on which the lever is pivoted, 'a spring coiled around the shaft and having its ends bearing against the bracketand against the lever and constantly urging the lever into raised position, a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and a roller onthe lever, said roller adapted to contact with the hood when the hood is in lowered position to prevent rattle of the parts.

In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever, means on the bracket to pivot the lever, a column slidably mounted relative to the lever, a spring constantly urging the lever and column into raised position, means on the bracket and the column to retain the lever and column in raised position, a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood inraised position, the lowering of the hood causing the column to slide relative to the lever to release the said second named means and causing the hood to move the lever and column from their raised position to their inoperative position against the tension of the spring.

5. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever, means on the bracket to pivot the lever, a column slidably mounted relative to the lever, a spring constantly urging the lever and column into raised position, means on the bracket and the column to retain the lever and column in raised position, a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and a roller on the end of the column, said roller adapted to be contacted by the hood when the hood is moved from raised to lowered position to cause the movement of the column relative to the lever to release the second named means to cause the lever and column to move downward to inoperative position.

6. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever, means on the bracket to pivot the lever, a column slidably mounted relative to the lever, a spring constantly urging the lever and column into raised position; a slot in the bracket, a pin on the column movable in the slot, said slot having a notch at one extremity thereof in which the pin is engageable to maintain the lever and column in raised position, and a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood inv raised position, the lowering of the hood causing the column to slide relative to the lever to release the pin from the notch to cause the hood to move the lever and column from raised position to inoperative position against the tension of the spring.

7. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever, means on the bracket to pivot the lever, a column slidably mounted relative to the lever, a spring constantly urging the lever and column into raised position, a slot in the bracket, a pin on the column movable in the slot, said slot having a notch at one extremity thereof in which the pin is engageable to maintain the lever and column in raised position, a shelf on the lever adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and a roller on the end of the column, said roller adapted to be contacted by the hood when moved from raised to lowered position to cause the movement of the column relative to the lever to release the pin from the notch to cause the lever and column to move downward to inoperative position.

8. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever pivoted to the bracket, said lever being bent intermediate its ends, a spring mounted between the lever and the bracket and constantly urging the lever to raised position, and a shelf mounted on the lever at the bend therein, said shelf adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position.

9. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever pivoted to the bracket, said lever being bent intermediate its ends, a spring mounted between the lever and the bracket and constantly urging the lever to raised position, a shelf mounted on the lever at the bend therein, said shelf adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and a sound deadening covering on the shelf.

10. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle adjacent the hood, a lever pivoted to the bracket, said lever being bent intermediate its ends, a spring mounted between the lever and the bracket and constantly urging the lever to raised position, a shelf mounted on the lever at the bend therein, said shelf adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and an enlarged end portion on the shelf to prevent the hood edge from slipping from the shelf.

11. In a hood rest for the hoods of automotive vehicles, a bracket secured to the vehicle ad- J'acent the hood, a lever pivoted to the bracket, said lever being bent intermediate its ends, a spring mounted between the lever and the bracket and constantly urging the lever to raised position, a shelf mounted on the lever at the bend therein, said shelf adapted to receive the hood edge to retain the hood in raised position, and means on the shelf adapted to contact inside the hood when the hood is in lowered position to prevent rattle of the parts.

STEPHEN DE ORLOW. 

